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Saturday, November 23, 2019

Impeachment Hearings: "We are Better Than That!"


Adam Schiff has presided over the hearings related to the Ukraine Extortion Racket in a calm and professional way, but his anger does come out in his final statement. He ends by noting the deciding matter for him was that right after Mueller testified, we had another round of Trump electoral meddling. At some point, even though he was wary about impeachment before, some line had to be drawn. Exactly. Will we wait for a third time? I think impeachment should not just be related to this Ukraine matter, but Schiff's final remarks (I quote his last line) suggests at the very least the Mueller Report matters can be combined.

There was various powerful moments during the public hearings so far, especially with Fiona Hill, the former senior director for European and Russian affairs on the National Security Council, who was particularly strong. Hill was appointed by Bush43 and Trump, one of multiple witnesses not some Democratic leaning type, but military and foreign policy experts worthy of respect. Doesn't mean the true believers [or party hacks/cowards] will change their mind, but others just might care. I hope more such hearings on other matters will follow.

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